The resection of carotid body tumors show
difficulties due to their localization at cranial nerves
and arteriae. Between 1994 and 1998, carotid body
tumors were diagnosed in 5 patients (2 males and 3
females) aged between 18 and 55. Of these, 4 applied
with complaining mass in the neck. The mass in one
patient was detected during the operation of
supraglottic larynx cancer. In one patient, X. and XII.
cranial nerve paralysis developed after operation.
This patient has been under control for two years. In
another patient, XII. cranial nerve paralysis developed. This patients has also been under the control for one year. No neurologic deficiency has appeared in
the remaining 3 patients.

The advances in vascular surgery techniques have
reduced the risk of perioperative complications such
as carotid injury, stroke and denth; but the risk at
cranial nerve complication still remains.

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